Ironing-machine.



P.' JONESKU.

IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 001:24, 1910.

994,466. v Patented June 6, 1911.

Per jnesu, @LNX TQQ@ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER JoNEsKU, or cmcneo, ILLINOIS.

:Bouma-mennen.

4Speeiiicatilm of Letters Patent.

Patented June e, 1911.

Application led 0ct0ber`24, 1910. r Serial Ro. 588,908.

To all wwm 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER JONESKU, a citizen of the Kingdom of Roumania, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, .and

State of Illinois, have invented certain new andV useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a specifi-- cation, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to .machines particularly adapted for vthe use of tailors in pressin clothes; its object bein to provide a simp e, powerful and genera ly eective machine of this character; the invention consisting 'in a device as hereinafter described, and as illustrated in the accompanying` drawings in whichK l igure A1 is a vertical section of the machine and Fig. 2 is a detail section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 1.

The machine as shownin the drawings `is ian im rovement upon the machine forming the su ject of my pending application for patent Serial No. 595,985, filed December 6,

The machine consists essentially of a frame carrying a buck, there being mounted on thel` frame' a: vertically-reciprocating standard with mechanism, as hereinafter described, for actuating it, this standard carrying a swiveled and telescoping arm upon the outer end of which there is mounted an iron which coperates with the buck. The frame is designated in the drawings by the numeral 10. Upon this frame there is mounted` a table 11, to. which there is attached a buck 12 provided with a heating appliance 13 of any desired construction. With this buck there coperates an iron 14. A vertically reciprocatin standard, taking the form of a bar 49, sli es through a pair of horizontal members 50, 51, of the frame 10., The mechanism for drawing down the standard is similar to that shown in my pending application above referred to, and consists of `a toggle comprising a swinging arm 21 pivotally attached atits lower end to a bracket 64 fixed upon the standard 49, and an upper member consisting of a air of parallel links 22, 23, pivotally attac 'ed to the under side of the tablell through the medium of a plate 33vbolted to the under pending 34, 35, to; which the links 22,

23, are respectively attached'.- These links are united at their lower ends by me'ans of a slotted link 24. A pin 25, carried at the upper end ofthe arm 21 and provided with an anti-friction roller 26,`works in the slot of theplink 24. Stops 36, 37, depending from the links;

plate 33, limit the oscillation of the A suitable sourcev ofiuid pressure, such .suitable valve, as at 40, for controlling the admission-and discharge of air to and from the cylinder, this valve being operated by means of a spring-retractedpedal 41 connected with the valve stem by means of a link 42. A piston, shown in dotted lines, f

reciprocates within the cylinder and is provided with a rod 30, connected by means of the link 32 with the arm 21.

A ret-racting spring 27 connects the loop 24 with the cable 11, normally holding, the upper toggle member in the retracted position. A head 52 is swiveled upon the upper end of the bar 49, being, as shown, in the form of a casting having ai socketed hub 53 for receiving the upper end ofthe bar 49,

and a lower hub 54 through which the bar passes, a sleeve 55 being mounted uponthe bar between these two hubs and secured thereto by suitable means such as a pin 56. The telescoping arm for carrying the iron 14 comprises a tubular member 57 and a bar 58 sliding therein,'to the outer end of whlch the iron is secured. The tubular member 57 is provided adjacent its forward end with a lug 59, which is pivot-ally securedto the head 52. A spring 60 connects the rearward end of the tubular member 57 with a backwardly-projecting shoulder 61 of the head 52. This spring is of such length that 1t holds .the telescoping arm in substantially horizontal position.

When the iron is brought down upon the work the spring 60 is compressed, the downward movement of the outer end of the arm being limited by its contact with the upper face of the head 52. In order to insure a uniform pressure of the face of the iron 14 upon the work, it is in jointed engagement with the stem 45, as shown at 62. A spring toggle lever reacting between the frame and' 63, coiled about the bar 49, reacts between the top of the frame and the hub 54 to hold the iron in its upper position.

I claim as my inventionl, In an ironing machine, in combination, a supportin frame, a vertically reciprocating standar mounted upon the frame, a

Ytoggle lever reacting between the frame and the standard, the members of the toggle being united by a sliding pivot, means for limiting the movement of one member of the toggle lever, means for applying actuating power to the other member of suchA lever, a head swiveled upon the standard, a telescoping arm carried by the head and having a `rocking movement thereon, aniron carried by the, arm, and a'buck mounted on the frame for engagement by the iron.

2. In an ironing machine, in combination, a supporting frame, a vertically reciprocating standard mounted upon the frame, a

the standard, the members of the toggle being united by a sliding pivot, means for limiting the movement of one member of the toggle lever, means for applying actuating. power to the other member' of such lever, a

head swiveled upon the standard, a telescoping arm carried by the head and having a rocking movement thereon, a spring urging the arm in one direction, an iron carrie by the arm, and a buck mounted on the frame for engagement by the iron.

3. In an ironing machine, in combination,

a supportin frame, a vertically reciprocating standar a spring reacting between the standard and frame and urging the standard upward, means for 'drawing the standard downward, a head swiveled upon the stand. (ard, a telescoping rm pivoted upon the head to rock in yvertica 

